I haven't read the books but from what I read that happened a while ago and most of S5 was ahead of the books.

S6 was all about getting rid of characters. S6 also was the first finale with no cliffhanger or doubts. The stage has been cleared of all extras. The only new character they introduced is Euron (and thats only because of his damn Horn). They've killed off tons of major characters. There are no side plots left. Its all about WW invasion + KL invasion now. Not because there's no story to tell, but because they want to wrap up the show as fast as they can. Makes me a bit sad really to see it end like this.

No, most of season 5 was behind the books still. I think the Riverrun "siege" may have been the last thing to catch up from the books, though that seems fairly pointless at this point in time on the show.

I know a lot more time passes on the show than is shown, but it seems like LF let Varys borrow his teleporter

Mereen -> Dorne -> back on the ship, that's a lot of miles to cover! Couldn't Dany have lent him a dragon at least

Actually he went Mereen to Dorne and then got on the Dorne fleet that met up with Danny's crew. He didn't go back to Mereen to get on the ship, all of the Dorne fleet met up with the main group for the epic final shot.

Only slight hiccup was originally Wun Wun made it but then before the ep aired he said he may have misremembered & wasnt sure either way.

Ep10 was most watched ever 8.9 million.
Also was most watched season ever 7.7m - every season has beaten the previous season.
Avg ep runtime was 55 min 50 sec puts it 3rd - #1 still is season 1 at 56 min 08 sec.

Be interesting to see now with the shorter ep seasons if they do more longer eps.

We don't know how many people she had to kill to get into the Twins or take care of the two sons. How many in the kitchen? How many in other parts of the castle? Why is she the only one there with Walder? For all we know, she killed a flock of Freys (or is it a murder of Freys?).

For the most part, I am talking about the glee she gets in the killing similar to last week and Sansa's enjoying of the mutilation and death of Ramsay. I understand that the show makes these characters almost one dimensional and evil but there should be something else there, morals?

I think there are morals in there, but can you not cut the lass a bit of slack?

The Freys sliced up Rob, his wife Oona, their future child, her mother, many of their soldiers, captains and even Rob's direwolf for goodness sake. And she witnessed it.

I'd think a little glee if not a happy jig or two would be in order if I could get a little back from those who did my family in under the covenant of protection of bread and water.

I'm surprised she skipped the fireworks and sky writing (well, for that she'd need a dragon, and those seem to be dear right now).

Eh the only thing I got out of the Sam scenes is that Gilly cleaned up nicely and back in these days of crude warfare and medieval attitudes, they built giant structures like that tower that looked as tall as modern skyscrapers, maybe taller. That's a lot of stairs to climb.

How would the Dothraki build that giant horse sculpture? That looked like it was metallic. Do they even have metallic weapons?

Eh the only thing I got out of the Sam scenes is that Gilly cleaned up nicely and back in these days of crude warfare and medieval attitudes, they built giant structures like that tower that looked as tall as modern skyscrapers, maybe taller. That's a lot of stairs to climb.

How would the Dothraki build that giant horse sculpture? That looked like it was metallic. Do they even have metallic weapons?

Simple. Do it like the Mongols did (who I think they're patterned after).

Take a city, raze it to the ground if they resist, if not, take every learned person (artisan, engineer, poet, priest, teacher... ) and make them do stuff you don't know how to do for you - while they teach you how to do it.

Maybe they forced their slaves to do the big horse. Maybe it's ancient and they have devolved over time making that horse the focus of their culture.

For Arya who's to say the only body part in the pies was a hand or two. Not like she needed to hack an entire body for the effect.
When she was telling Frey where his kids were I didn't realize she was pointing to the pie. I was thinking, has he gone senile or maybe he's in some kind of 3 eyed raven matrix mind game. Then he opened the finger pie.

Actually he went Mereen to Dorne and then got on the Dorne fleet that met up with Danny's crew. He didn't go back to Mereen to get on the ship, all of the Dorne fleet met up with the main group for the epic final shot.

There's no reason for the Martell fleet to make round trip to Mereen. Unless they didn't have enough ships for Dothraki to begin with, which I doubt. I didn't pick up the 2 banners some are talking about.

There's no reason for the Martell fleet to make round trip to Mereen. Unless they didn't have enough ships for Dothraki to begin with, which I doubt. I didn't pick up the 2 banners some are talking about.

It depends on where they are. I'd assume they are north of Dorne since Varis is on board.

The Tyrell ships could also be there, since I thought they took over some of the Baratheon land. Looks to me like they are not just leaving Mereen but heading to at least the general area of King's landing.

I'd assume they won't sail into King's landing since Tyrion already showed that wasn't the best idea.

There's no reason for the Martell fleet to make round trip to Mereen. Unless they didn't have enough ships for Dothraki to begin with, which I doubt. I didn't pick up the 2 banners some are talking about.

I'm fairly certain GRRM will be releasing Book 6 (The Winds of Winter) before Season 7 begins...

It is a very slim possibility .. approximately 1/7th of the book has been released thru GRRM blog posts over the years as well as him reading chapters to the public that were transcribed ..

Martin will only announce a release date if he has completely finished, and there has been no release date, he admitted in January he was not close to finished .. at that point, editing, which can take months, and printing come into play .. if April, 2017 is the premier of Season 6, he's got about 10 months to get it done and on the shelf ..

Martin will only announce a release date if he has completely finished, and there has been no release date, he admitted in January he was not close to finished .. at that point, editing, which can take months, and printing come into play .. if April, 2017 is the premier of Season 6, he's got about 10 months to get it done and on the shelf ..

I'm not holding my breath ..

I remember GRRM stating before Season 6 started that there was a way of fast-tracking the printing part...apparently his publishers anticipated him missing his deadlines and were ready to fast-track the book to shelves whenever he finished...this was all discussed in relation to him releasing Book 6 before Season 6 started but I'm sure the same applies to any future season...GRRM even released a blog about this a few months back

Well, even though there was no reveal of the father, there is no way the Kingsguard are there if it isn't Rhaegar and most likely they aren't there if Jon isn't an official heir as opposed to a bastard.

Well, even though there was no reveal of the father, there is no way the Kingsguard are there if it isn't Rhaegar and most likely they aren't there if Jon isn't an official heir as opposed to a bastard.

Wrong. They were there because Rheagar told them to be there. Why he did does not matter to them. There boss told them to stay there, and defend the the tower. They would not care if it was empty.

Wrong. They were there because Rheagar told them to be there. Why he did does not matter to them. There boss told them to stay there, and defend the the tower. They would not care if it was empty.

I don't agree. Plus Rhaegar wasn't even the King so I don't even know what control he had over them. Anyhow, logic is lacking in your comments. Do you think Rhaegar would tell them to guard an empty tower? There had to be a very good reason why he didn't bring them to the Trident.

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I don't agree. Plus Rhaegar wasn't even the King so I don't even know what control he had over them. Anyhow, logic is lacking in your comments. Do you think Rhaegar would tell them to guard an empty tower? There had to be a very good reason why he didn't bring them to the Trident.

They did what he told them to do because their duty was to do whatever the Crown Prince told them to do. Logical? Yes.
Rhaegar told them to guard the Tower of Joy because that was where his heavily pregnant lover was stuck in a bed giving birth to his bastard son. Logical? Yes.
Until Ned and Howland and the rest arrived, they would have had no idea what was going on in The Trident, because dead Crown Princes do not send ravens. Logical? Yes!

They did what he told them to do because their duty was to do whatever the Crown Prince told them to do. Logical? Yes.
Rhaegar told them to guard the Tower of Joy because that was where his heavily pregnant lover was stuck in a bed giving birth to his bastard son. Logical? Yes.
Until Ned and Howland and the rest arrived, they would have had no idea what was going on in The Trident, because dead Crown Princes do not send ravens. Logical? Yes!

What part of this seems to you to lack logic?

Almost everything.

They knew Rhaegar was dead and yet they stayed. Go back to the first flashback. They said had they been at the Trident, Robert would be dead.

Once Rhaegar was dead, why would they stay?

Why are you assuming his son is a bastard? Targaryens have a history of polygamy. Lyanna and Rhaegar may have married.